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CULINARY UTENSIL.

Patented June 5,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'LEVI HAAS, on onnsrnn, PENNSYLVANIA.

CULINARY UTENSI L.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,939, dated June 5, 1883.

Application filed November 16, 1882. (No model.)

being had therein to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the utensil;

Fig. 2, a top view, and Fig. 3 a cross-section.

A represents a circular wooden block hav ing a concave or dish-shaped face on one side and a flat surface and beveled periphery 011 its opposite face. Its concave or dish-shaped face serves as a receptaclefor domestic articles of food placed therein, and to this end the inner periphery of its dish-shaped face is to a slight;

extent vertical, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby greater depth of the dish is attained, and its capacity to hold articles employed in the culinary preparation of food is enlarged. The

perpendicular wall (1 also serves to prevent same.

fluid articles being spilled over the side of the dish during the process of compounding the The flat surface and beveled periphery of the opposite face serve admirably as a chopping-block for chopping and cutting purposes.

In order that the block may be more conveniently handled, especially in emptying semi-fluid contents from the dish A, I provide the circular recess I therein. Into this recess on the periphery of the block I secure the metallic plate 6 by screwing it to the block, and in the center of plate 6 the eye-screw or staple f and ring g, as shown, which together form a suitable means of suspending the device to the pantry-wall when not in use.

Thus constructed a durable and efficient cul LEVI HAAS.

' Witnesses:

I. E. COOHRAN, J12, II. S. MOILVAIN. 

